Mud-guard for cycles.



No; 680,8I6. Patented Aug. 20, mm. W.-J. STEVENS, w. E. mmmu & IF. R;BLUEMEL.

MUD GUARD FUR CYCLES.

(Application flied Mar. 5, 1000.)

(N0 Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet I.

Patented Aug. 20; MM. H. BLUEMEIL.

no. 680,8l6.

W. J. STEVENS, H. E. HABROLD &. F.

MUD GUARD FUR CYCLES.

(Application filgd Mar. 5, 1900.) No Model.) 2 Sheeur-Sheet 2.

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WILLIAM J. STEVENS, OF LONDON, I-IENRY E. HARROLD, OF LEVVISIIAIVI,

AND FREDERICK R. BLUEMEL, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

MUD GUARD FOR GYCLES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 680,816, dated August20, 1901..

Ap li ation filed March 5, 1900. Serial No. 7,439. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM JAMES STEVENS, of Bancroft WVorks, Bancroftroad, Mile End, London, HENRY EBENEZER HAR- ROLD, of 13 Lewisham Hill,county of Kent, and FREDERICK RICHARD BLUEMEL, of Bancroft Works,Bancroft road, Mile End, London, England, subjects of the Queen of GreatBritain, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Stays forMud-Guards of Cycles, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improved attachments for mud-guards for cycles,and has for its object to provide improved means for readily attachingor detaching the said guards to or from the machine, such means beingconvenient, light in weight, and inexpensive in construction.

Our invention will be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which-- Figure 1 is an elevation of the hinder portion of abicycle with the apparatus in position. Fig. 2 is a front elevation, andFig. 3 an end elevation, of the spindle end of the attachment. Fig. 4cshows a bridge piece adapted to be attached to the inside of themud-guard and having its ends open for the reception of the ends of thestays. Fig. 5 is a side View of the said bridge-piece, showing theengagement of the stay ends therein. Fig. 6 is a front view, and Fig.7an end view, of a modification of the spindle attachment. Fig. 8 is afront elevation, and Fig. 9 is a section on the lines IX to IX of Fig. 8of another modification of the spindle in detachment. Fig. 10 is a frontView, and Fig. 11 a side View, of another form of spindle and detachmentplate. Fig. 12 is a front view of the stamping which forms the portioninserted in the plate.

In the drawings the frame 1, wheel 2, and mud-guard 3 of the cycle maybe of any desired construction, these parts forming no part of ourinvention.

The stays 4 are usually formed of a single piece of wire bent togetherat its middle into the form shownin Fig. 2 or the alternativeconstruction, Fig. 6. The bent portion, Fig.

2, of the stays has a portion of the material 5o hole 8 for theadjustable bolt, and a hole 10,

in which is secured the rivet holding the spring 11. This spring, whichmay be a leafspring of the outline shown in Fig. 3 or any other suitableconstruction, has attached to it the stud or pin 12, which pin serves tosecure the stays in the socket.

The construction of the device for uniting the upper ends of the staysto the mud-guard may be as follows, reference being made to Figs. 4 and5: A bridge-piece 18 is provided, consisting of a strip of steel orthelike folded over and shaped into an arch corresponding to the curveof the mud-guard, to the inside of which it is riveted or otherwiseattached. The ends 13 of the said bridge-piece are opened outsufficiently to admit of the insertion from behind of the ends of thestay-wires. These ends are bent into the curved form shown in dottedlines in Fig. 5, and slots or openings 19 are provided in thebridge-piece for the purpose of securing the ends of the stay wirestherein. The requisite adjustment in height of the mud-guard is effectedby placing the said stay-ends in the upper or the lower slots of thebridge-piece, respectively. The mud-guard itself is usually secured tothe frame by straps or otherwise in the ordinary manner, as well as heldin place by the device of our invention.

In place of the construction illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 we mayin somecases adopt the construction shown in Figs. 6 and '7 in which the plateis formed without possibility of adjustment of the stays therein, buthaving an elongated slot for the spindle of the wheel, enabling therequisite adjustment of the device to be efiected by adjusting thespindle in the said slot and fastening it in place by screwing up thenut 7.

The operation of'the device is as follows:

The plates 5 having been placed one on each side of the axle and thesockets 13 being suitably secured on each side of the mud-guard thestays 4 are inserted in the rectangular 5 box formed by the plate 5 bylifting up the spring 11 and bolt 12 and adjusting the same to thecavities 8 or 9, respectively, in the ends of the stays. It isimmaterial in this construction whether the said stays are joined attheir lower end or arejormed of two separate pieces.

In the alternative form of construction shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the plate5 has a rectangular piece stamped in its upper part, one edge of whichis undercut, so as togrip the loop of the stay-wires, which are slippedunderthe said undercut portion, as shown in the drawings, the lowerportion of the plate Z 5-having been previously adjusted in its place bymeans of the nut 7.

The invention abovedescribed may be constructed in other modifications,as follows, reference being made to Sheet 2 of the draw ings, in which,referring first to Figs. 8 and 9, the plate is formed, as shown, with araised slotted part 14. The portion of the said plate consequentlyformsv a box and serves, togetherw'iththe said T-shaped slot,

as the entrance and holding device for the stays.

The stays are formed of a single piece of wire bent at its middle intothe form v shown in the drawings. The T-shapedbend of the, stays cantherefore be passed into the slot of the box 14 at rightangles to theplane of the wheel, and by simply moving the wires sidewise into theposition parallel to the; plane of the wheel they are caused to firmlyengage in the plate.

Figs. 10, 11, and 12 illustrate another modification in which the plate5 has fixed upon: it a stud or button 15-, having pieces cut out of itsperiphery at 16, the edges of said outout portions being undercut,substantially-as shown in the drawings. The correspondingpart 17, Fig.12, can then be slipped over-the said studs and caused to turn intoitspermanent position, engaging the-projection on its,

internal surface beneath the undercut portions of the studs 15. Inv thisconstruction the stays are firmly secured to the part 17', E or thestays may be formed of a single piece of wire bent together at itsmiddle to serve: the purpose of the part 17.

tus to suit the cycle or velocipede on which it is required to be usedaccording to the size of the wheel or wheels.

Although the device is illustrated as applied to the hind wheel of acycle, it is equally adaptable to the frontwheel thereof, as will beobvious from the drawings.

The parts forming our invention are preferably made as stampings; butthey may be cast or otherwise, if found desirable. They may be of anysuitable metal.

What we claim is- 1. Mud-guard support for cycles consisting of thecombination of spindle attachments, l detachable stays adapted to beattached at one end to said attachments and provided at the other endwith bent portio.ns,and abridgepiece adapted to be attachedto the mudguard and possessing open ends provided withslots for the. reception ofthe bent portions of the stay-ends, substantially as described. 2.Mud-guard support for-cycles consisting j of the combination ofadjustablesp-indle attachments, detachable stays adapted to be '1attached at one end to. said attachments and provided at. theother endwith. bent portions,

and a brid-geepieceg adapted to be attached to the mud-guard andpossessing open ends. provided with slots for the reception of the bentportions of the stay-ends, substantially as described. I v 3. Mud-guardsupport for-cyclesconsisting 1 of the combination of spindleattachments, detachable stays adapted to beattached at one. end to; saidattachments and provided at the other end withbent portions, and abridge raised slotted portion 14 adapted to be fixed 5 on the spindle,the stays 4, t with bent outer ends and with a bentv portion attheir'spindle tends to engage with the slotted portion 14, 5 thebridge-piece 1'8 with open ends andslots E 19,19 therein for theadjustable reception of Ethe outer ends of the stays, substantiallyasdescribed.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this; specification in;the presence of ltwo subscribing witnesses.

, W. J STEVENS.

' H. E. HARROLD. F. R. BLUEMEL.

Witnesses:

WALTER J. S'KERTEN,

LEONARD E. HAYNES.

of the combination of the plate 20 with the

